Baku, Azerbaijan, June 27. Deputy Foreign
Minister of Azerbaijan and COP29 Chief Negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev
led the country’s negotiations team to the 62nd session of the
Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), participating in key
discussions and side events, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told
Trend.
During the session, Rafiyev held bilateral meetings with
delegations from Türkiye, Australia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the
Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, and China, and gave interviews to
several major international media outlets.
When initial talks over the session’s agenda failed to produce a
consensus, Azerbaijan mediated intensively between the parties. As
a result, the agenda was adopted — a move publicly acknowledged and
appreciated by the chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies and several
participating delegations.
Negotiators also agreed to use draft documents prepared by the
Azerbaijani COP29 Presidency as the basis for future work on key
themes of COP30. These drafts informed elements of the final
decisions adopted at SB62.
Throughout the session, Azerbaijan organized events promoting
the outcomes of COP29 and its continued initiatives. These included
presentations on the Baku Initiative for Climate Finance,
Investment and Trade (BICFIT), the Baku Climate and Peace Action
Hub, and the Baku Global Climate Transparency Platform.
SB62 also hosted two high-level hearings with state and
non-state actors on the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T” and
convened a conference titled “From Baku to Belém: Driving
Adaptation Ambition from Negotiations to Action,” both held under
the joint mandate granted to Azerbaijan and Brazil at COP29.
The Azerbaijani delegation also opened several agenda-mandated
events, highlighting COP29’s historic legacy and its impact on
advancing global climate action, especially for the most vulnerable
states.
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